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SUNY Buffalo State creates long-term, meaningful partnerships with community agencies through service-learning, volunteering, and other experiential opportunities for students.

These partnerships, designed to benefit both the students and the community, are the result of an increasing understanding nationwide that higher education institutions have a responsibility to the communities in which they are located. Service-learning is an important and growing movement in civic engagement and education at SUNY Buffalo State

Register Today: Fall Semester Community Partner Meetings

  • Community Partner Meetings will provide you with an opportunity to meet with the office staff and SUNY Buffalo State faculty to discuss service-learning and other partnerships for the upcoming semester.  You will be able to discuss future service-learning project ideas and network with other non-profit organizations.

  • Community Partner Meetings for the Fall 2024 Semester will be held on August 7th at 1:00 p.m. in Upton Hall room 230 and August 8th at 10:00 a.m. virtually. Everyone is welcome to join us for a tour of some of the Art & Design department facilities in Upton Hall on August 7th at 2:30 p.m.
     

    Register Here

New Community Partner Orientation

The Dr. Katherine S. Conway-Turner Office of Civic and Community Engagement will be holding a virtual orientation for new community partners who are interested in working with Buffalo State students, faculty, & staff through volunteerism and service-learning courses. Orientations will be held biannually in advance of our Community Partner Meetings. The next New Community Partner Orientation will take place virtually on Thursday, August 1, from 12-1pm.

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Watch a recorded version of the orientation here or at the bottom of this page.

Partnership Inquiry Form

If you are interested in more opportunities to partner with Buffalo State University, please fill out our General Partnership Inquiry form.

Inquire about partnering with Buffalo State University

Support and Resources for Community Partners

Tabling Information

Community partners who are interested in engaging directly with Buffalo State students are invited to table between 11:00 am and 1:30 pm in the Student Union. Please contact Mark Brumby at cce@buffalostate.edu, and he will make sure you get signed up for a table.

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Our Community Partners

5 Loaves Farm

ACEing Autism

African-American Cultural Center

Al-Hidaya Center Latham

Allentown Association

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

American Red Cross

Aquarium of Niagara

Art Moves Me

Artspace Buffalo Community Garden

Belize Karst Habitat Conservation

Belle Center

Best Self Behavioral Health

Big Big Table

Black Rock Historical Society

Black Rock Riverside Alliance

Boys on the Right Track

BPS School 31-Harriet Ross Tubman

BPS School 37-Marva J. Daniel Futures Preparatory School

BPS School 59-Dr. Drew Science Magnet

BPS School 94-West Hertel Academy

BPS School 197-Math Science Technology Preparatory School

BPS School 198-International Prep

BPS School 207-Lafayette International

BPS School 304-Hutchinson Central Technical High School

Broadway Market

BSU Arboretum

BSU Career and Professional Education

BSU Community Academic Center

BSU Great Lakes Center

BSU Milligan’s Food Pantry

BSU National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

BSU Small Business Development Center

BSU Student Accessibility Services

BSU Weigel Health Center - Prevention & Health Promotions

BSU Whitworth Ferguson Planetarium

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Buffalo and Erie County Public Library

Buffalo Board of Block Clubs of Erie County

Buffalo Broadcasters Association

Buffalo City Mission Society

Buffalo Fire Department Engine Company 2

Buffalo History Museum

Buffalo Museum of Science

Buffalo Music Hall of Fame

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

Buffalo Prenatal Perinatal Network

Buffalo Public Schools

Buffalo String Works

Burchfield Penney Art Center

Candice's Mobile Pantry

Carl & Marilyn Thoma Art Foundation

City of Lockport

Clarence Schools Family Support Center

Community Action Organization of WNY

Community Collaborative Mission

Community of Good Neighbors

Community Resource Centers

Community Services for Every1

Compass House Resource Ctr. & Shelter

Compeer Buffalo

Concordia Foundation

ConnectLife

Cornerstone Foundation Belize

Crisis Services

Danceability

Delavan Grider Community Center

Elim Christian Fellowship

EPIC-Every Person Influences Children

Erie Co. Office of Geographic Information Services

Evergreen Health Services

Explore and More Children's Museum

Faith Based Fellowship

FeedMore WNY

Fillmore Forward

Forest Elementary

Friends of Night People

Friends, Inc.

Fruit Belt Coalition

GiGi's Playhouse

Girl Scouts of WNY

Global African Village

Global Book Hour

Good Day Grocery Pantry

Green Iguana Conservation Project

Habitat for Humanity Buffalo

Hearts and Hands

Hearts for the Homeless

Holmes Elementary School

Holy Cross Head Start

Hull Family Home & Farmstead

International Institute of Buffalo

Jericho Road Community Health Center

Jewish Family Services of WNY

Journey's End Refugee Services

Justice for Migrant Families

Kaleida Health

Kevin's Guest House

Kidney Foundation of WNY

Kids Escaping Drugs

LE3 Inc

League of Women Voters of Buffalo Niagara

Literacy Partners

Little Portion Friary

Memorial Art Gallery

Mt. Olive Baptist Church

National Federation for Justice Communities of WNY, Inc.

Native American Community Services

NativityMiguel Buffalo

Neighborhood Health Center

Network of Religious Communities

New York State Department of Taxation and Finance

Niagara Charter School

Niagara Frontier Radio Reading Service

None Like You/ We Care

Norfolk Avenue Block Club #1

Nusantara Arts

ONE8FIFTY: Partners in Transplant

Open Buffalo

Oishei Children's Hospital

P.E.A.C.E., Inc.

Pelion Community Garden at City Honors

People Inc. 

People's Park

Positive Youth of Tomorrow, Inc.

Preservation Buffalo Niagara

Provisions 139

Ransom House, Inc.

REACH Academy Charter School

Richardson Olmsted Complex

Ronald McDonald House

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Rural Outreach Center

Saint Amelia School

San Antonio Women's Co-op

Saving Grace Outreach

Say Yes Buffalo

Seneca Iroquois National Museum

Sleep in Heavenly Peace

South Buffalo Charter School

South Buffalo Community Association

St. Mark School

Starlight Studio and Art Gallery

Tapestry Charter Elementary School

The Teacher's Desk

Thomas A Edison Elementary

Tifft Nature Preserve

Transit Middle School

University of Minho

UPward Design for Life

Van Alstyne Homestead Museum

Vision Niagara

Wegmans

West Buffalo Charter School

West Side Community Services

Westminster Economic Development Initiative, Inc.

WNY Developmental Disabilities Services Office

WNY Women's Foundation

Young Adult Life Transitions (Canisius)